Cultivation was the key to getting stronger. Any blessed human had an unlimited amount of Qi. I had the same in the six centaurs at the lair, I was not going to risk any of their bodies. They were still under the effects of the curse in the uniform. There was also the fact that there was no guarantee that I would win. Alex and Ash have shown time and again that any martial arts master could beat the shit out of me in a close combat scenario. That was not something that I wanted to experience again. The best thing would be to surpass them to a point where they cannot defeat me. I looked at the pool. By my calculations, it would be filled in 30 and a half hours. That would make all the other clones I had obsolete. I decided that all the clones that were not body suits, the R8s or the lawyer personas should just go on rampages until they got killed off. I would spare the town on the lake and send the clones the town had over to Start City. In the meantime, I could look over the requirements for the cultivation manuals I read. "Lamented Shadow Child Cannibal" was out. I was going to be infertile for months.
Using "Crystal Orchid Void Lover" or "Regal Rainbow Poison Seals" were my best bet. To recap what they did, with the Regal Rainbow Poison Seal, you actually needed to gather five cultivators of all five elements and take their blood from them. One melted them all down into a cauldron with a set of required ingredients. It will then become a very potent poison. From there, it could be applied to a person's skin to make them slowly convert their naturally occurring Qi to begin to form the much revered Golden Core. In return, they were unable to use magic or transform. Crystal Orchid Void Lover needed one to distill the Crystal Orchid into a tea. After drinking a brew like that, you had sex and killed the partner. It was supposed to allow the soul of the murdered party to help fuel the cultivation. It then hinged on you not cumming first. The risk was that if you killed someone too strong, they could revolt in your body and either kill or possess you. The very same could happen if they held too strong of a grudge. Luckily for me, I had four allies with different affinities. I needed someone with Wood Qi.
My friends, the Umarov brothers, were down for it. Erik was a Fire elemental while Dimitri was a Water rat. Sergei had a strong Metal affinity. Since William had an Earth affinity, I just needed a person that could draw blood and a victim with a Wood affinity. I then remembered there was a Wood Tiger named Zane. He also had a bodysuit in Start City. Jacob was an Earth snake. I guessed that it would be a good opportunity to invite them into the villain group. I called them up and told them to meet me in the park when the clones got to the city. There would be all the rampages to cover up the meeting. They all said they would be there. It took a few hours to get there, but now I was in the sharkman with the white speedo with the rink roses. I split in two and became a human with the speedo on. The other clones were already starting their assault on the city. I made my way to the meeting place in the park. All five of them were waiting for me. I smiled at them and said "So here's the deal, guys: I have a good opportunity for us to get through Core Formation." I could see that they were totally for the plan.
They were all young men that wanted adventure and were okay with a bit of crime. I detailed the list of ingredients we would need to the group and told them we needed them to donate blood. They were totally ready. "Do any of you guys know a shady doctor or nurse that can draw blood." Both Erik and Jacob had someone in mind. "The gang has a doctor. We can get some bags and a needle of we go there." Erik said. "There's a clinic in the slums we can get blood drawn at. He owes us a favor." Jacob told us. I decided to use the gang doctor as there was no way he would be able to guess what we were up to. There was still going to be a lot of shopping and stealing to do if we wanted to get this done. The blood was the first priority. Dimitri called their contact and they said they would be able to bring the doctor to their old house. I then nodded and we made our way over. I changed my form to have the same form as Nicola. They were pretty impressed and we went to the house together. When we got there, I looked around. It was the same as last time. We only had to wait for a few minutes for the doctor.
